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Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries

“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison

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‘For too long literature has been defined by one set of people’: writing back to the empire and beyond

Black novelists, poets and playwrights have a long history of reclaiming narratives, the theme of this year’s Black History Month. Novelist Ben Okri looks at where this tradition has come from – and where it’s going next

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MAGA superintendent says he was fired for promoting Kirk Cameron book fair featuring ‘anti-woke’ titles

Ousted Spotsylvania County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Taylor is taking his former bosses to court over his extracurricular religious activities

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'Demon Copperhead' author Barbara Kingsolver to receive National Book Award for lifetime achievement

The National Book Foundation has awarded Barbara Kingsolver a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL), which has previously been given to Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Joan Didion among others

The Independent UK

Daniel Handler AKA Lemony Snicket: ‘I return to Toni Morrison’s Beloved every five years’

The Unfortunate Events author on getting nightmares from Dr Seuss, Raymond Chandler’s brawny wit and the ghost story he read to tatters

The Guardian - UK

A tropical storm, an ancient sisterhood and Toni Morrison sculptures – the week in art

Postcolonial architecture in Ghana, fresh responses to an all-female medieval community and sculptures inspired by radical writing

The Guardian - UK

Classic Novels: Timeless Stories That Resonate Across Generations

Explore classic literature from authors like Toni Morrison and John Steinbeck, delving into universal themes and societal issues.

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Pink to distribute banned books at Florida tour dates

Singer to give out 2,000 free copies of books in state that is center of hotbed of challenges to free speech

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Family Meal by Bryan Washington review – sexploits and ennui

A deep dive into the friendships, hardships and sexual abandon of twentysomething queer life

The Guardian - UK

Nobel Prize in literature to be announced in Stockholm

The Nobel Prize in literature will be announced Thursday, with the new laureate, or laureates, joining an illustrious list of past winners that ranges from Toni Morrison to Ernest Hemingway and Jean-Paul Sartre — who turned down the prize in 1964

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‘This is not a Trumpy, conservative education’: Florida’s controversial new SAT alternative

Will the Classic Learning Test bring ‘truth and beauty’ back into education – or is it fueling Ron DeSantis’s extremist agenda?

The Guardian - US

Will AI be the death of the writer?

I thought long and hard before writing this essay. I never want to sound like a relic screaming about good old days

Salon

‘Reading is resistance’: students and parents take on DeSantis’s book bans

Florida governor’s constant attacks on the education system have led to an increasing backlash from a wide range of people

The Guardian - US

Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement

Poet Rita Dove is this year's winner of an honorary National Book Award for “Distinguished Contribution to American Letters,” a lifetime achievement prize previously given to Toni Morrison and Don DeLillo among others

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"Bottoms" reframes the meaning of ugly

The late summer hit's casual use of the word women are taught to fear may enable us to reclaim it

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Zadie Smith: ‘I get in trouble when I talk about the state of the nation’

After 17 years abroad, Zadie Smith has returned to her literary stomping ground of north London. She talks about fame, therapy and finding inspiration for her new historical novel on her doorstep

The Independent UK

Iowa school district banned books based on ChatGPT’s advice

The banned books include ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood and ‘Beloved’ by Toni Morrison

Evening Standard

US school board uses AI to ban books, including Margaret Atwood’s

ChatGPT is being used to help identify books to ban in school libraries over in the US

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Carrie Mae Weems: Reflections for Now; Paul McCartney: Photographs 1963-4 review – making history

A momentous 40-year retrospective of the African American artist builds to a damning indictment of racism, exclusion and photography itself. Plus, a joyous ringside seat as the Beatles go stratospheric

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Attica Locke: ‘Toni Morrison’s Beloved touched my soul’

The American author on the mysteries of Ellen Raskin and learning to write in bed

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Robert Gottlieb, celebrated editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, has died at 92

Gottlieb, whose work helped shape the modern publishing canon, edited fiction by future Nobel laureates, spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron and Caro's nonfiction epics.

The Independent UK

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92

One of the greatest literary editors in modern times, Robert Gottlieb, has died

The Guardian - UK

McKinley Dixon: Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? review – literary, urgent rap

This is shorter than the Virginian jazz-rapper’s sprawling breakout LP, but still full to bursting with images and invention

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Reader, I lived with him: why a happy ending doesn’t have to mean marriage

As more couples rip up the rulebook, attitudes towards romantic relationships are becoming less clear-cut – and art reflects that. Should we be celebrating a new kind of happily ever after?

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A Life of One’s Own by Joanna Biggs review – on the shoulders of giants

The lives of female authors provide inspiration for a woman who finds herself starting over after divorce

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